What a der-brain! (Sung to the tune of the Hallelujah chorus)
My dad again, prior to contemporary theories on raisinf kids' self-esteem

[Projoy] Well if we're bringing out child abuse, I used to get called "You silly, twisted boy" (a Grytpype-Thynne line, I believe) by my dad, and my mum's go-to threat to make me behave was "I'll bash your face in", which I've discovered works on my own children (the empty threat, that is) :-)

Only boring people get bored Still wonder about the veracity of that one .. I have been known to say it to my own daughters

Sowing plums to catch medlars, which I haven't heard myself, but I've heard of it being used as a reply to "What are you doing, mummy?"

(Projoy) At work in the early '70s it was the Caprolactam Chorus.